High yield olefination of a wide scope of aryl chlorides catalyzed by the phosphinito palladium PCP pincer complex: [PdCl{C6H3(OPPri2)2 -2,6}]

Abstract

[PdCl{C₆H₃(OPPrⁱ₂ )₂-2,6}] efficiently catalyzes the olefination of a broad scope of aryl chlorides; as a result of the high thermal stability of the catalyst, the coupled products are obtained in excellent and in many cases nearly quantitative yields.